2015 summer research symposium ph.d.s in progress · presentation title: the kosi river! 2015...

2015 Summer Research SymposiumPh.D.s in Progress

Science Math & Learning Center Room 102July 9 & 10, 2015

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Thursday, July 9th, 2015 9:15 A.M. Introduction9:30 A.M. Onesimus Al-Amin9:45 A.M. Kristi Rendon

10:00 A.M. Franki Anaya10:15 A.M. Blake Scott10:30 A.M. Derek Kuit10:45 A.M. Mika Armenta11:00 A.M. Sonora Rodriguez11:15 A.M. Divana Olivas11:30 A.M. Yaritza Ruiz11:45 A.M. Valentina Chee

12:00 – 1:10 P.M. Lunch Break1:15 P.M. Elizabeth Torres1:30 P.M. Courtney Deisch1:45 P.M. Briana Sais2:00 P.M. Chanda Begin2:15 P.M. Antonio Macias2:30 P.M. Pia Valdez2:45 P.M. Savannah Rivas3:00 P.M. Darren Brown3:15 P.M. Abdiel Ramirez3:30 P.M. Bridget Llanes3:45 P.M. Closing of Day 1 Presentations

Friday, July 10th, 201510:00 A.M. Welcome Back Speech10:05 A.M. Briana Villegas10:20 A.M. Nathalie Daniel10:35 A.M. Bertha Valdez10:50 A.M. Robert Jones11:05 A.M. James Westphall11:20 A.M. Briana Cuestas11:35 A.M. Adriana Aramburu11:50 A.M. Nicole Baty12:05 P.M. Closing of Day 2 Presentations12:15 P.M. Lunch

2015 Mid Summer Program Agenda

Thursday July 9- 9:30 A.M. Onesimus (Abdul) Al-Amin, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Nancy Lopez, Department of SociologyPresentation Title: The Preschool to Prison Pipeline: Sentencing Disparities as a Racial Project

Thursday July 9- 10:00 A.M. Francis (Franki) Anaya, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Louis Scuderi, Department of Earth & Planetary SciencesPresentation Title: How Biased is Our Terrestrial Fossil Record?

Friday July 10- 11:35 A.M. Adriana Aramburu, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Denece Kesler, Department of EpidemiologyPresentation Title: Health Disparities Within the Hispanic Community

2015 Scholar PresentationsThursday July 9, 2015

Special thanks to Dr. Manuel Montoya and our faculty mentors for their hard work and dedication to our scholars. Faculty mentors play a special role in helping scholars understand the academic research process,

gain a greater understanding about the accessibility of a graduate education and establish a network of academic professionals and peers across the country. We truly appreciate our faculty mentors’

commitment to helping McNair and ROP scholars prepare for graduate school.

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9:15 A.M. Welcome Faculty, Staff & Scholars: Ricardo Romero, Kyle Farris, Rebeca Gurrola

Thursday July 9- 10:45 A.M. Mika Armenta, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Vince Clark, Department of PsychologyPresentation Title: Enhancing Emotion Processing with Meditation and Brain Stimulation

Friday July 10- 11:50 A.M. Nicole Baty, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Eva Chi, Department of Chemical EngineeringPresentation Title: Monolayer Lipid Protection by Curcumin From Amyloid-Beta Aggregate Toxicity

Thursday July 9- 2:00 P.M. Chanda Cooper Begin, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Andrew Sussman, Department of Family & Community MedicinePresentation Title: Conceptions of Culture and Vulnerability Among First and Disaster Responders of New Mexico

Thursday July 9- 3:00 P.M. Darren Brown, ROP ScholarMentor: Dr. James Cavanagh, Department of Psychology Presentation Title: Religion and the Brain

2015 Scholar Presentations

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Thursday July 9- 11:45 A.M. Valentina Chee, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Deborah Cohen, Department of Individual, Family & Community EducationPresentation Title: Sugar Sweetened Beverages Among Native American Youth

Friday July 10- 10:20 A.M. Nathalie Daniel, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Patricia Boverie, Department of Organization, Information & Learning Science

Thursday July 9- 1:30 P.M. Courtney Deisch, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Felipe Gonzales, Department of Sociology Presentation Title: Nationalist Secession Movements in Federated States: An Analysis of the Phenomena of Separatist Movements Using the Cases of Scotland, Quebec, and Catalonia

Friday July 10- 11:20 A.M. Briana Cuestas, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Mary Virginia Wilmerding, Department of Exercise SciencePresentation Title: Validation of the Dance Aerobic Fitness Test (DAFT)


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Friday July 10- 10:50 A.M. Robert McCallister Eustace Jones III (Mac), McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Kency Cornejo, Department of Art & Art History Presentation Title: Jewelry, The Retention of Cultural Identity. Native American Art History

Thursday July 9- 10:30 A.M. Derek Kuit, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Eric Ruthruff, Department of PsychologyPresentation Title: Did You See That?: An Attempt to Induce Suppression of Attention Capture in a Cue Paradigm

Thursday July 9- 3:30 P.M. Bridget Llanes, ROP ScholarMentor: Dr. Warner Orozco, Department of Sustainability StudiesPresentation Title: Using Phyto-Remediation and Community-Based Participatory Research in the Remediation of the Kirtland Air Force Base Jet Fuel Spill

Thursday July 9- 2:15 P.M. Antonio Macias, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Peter Pribis, Department of Nutrition & DieteticsPresentation Title: The Lifestyle and Academic Achievement Study (LAAS)


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Thursday July 9- 11:15 A.M. Divana Olivas, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Irene Vasquez, Director of the Chicana/o Studies ProgramPresentation Title: Food and Cultural Identity: An Institutional Analysis of Community and Home Food Environments, in El Cerro, New Mexico

Thursday July 9- 3:15 P.M. Abdiel Ramirez, ROP ScholarMentor: Dr. Gregory Heilemen, Department of Electrical & Computer EngineeringPresentation Title: Using Data Driven Documents to Provide Insight into Academic Performances while Detecting Anomalies within these Performances

Thursday July 9- 9:45 A.M. Kristi Rendon, ROP ScholarMentor: Dr. Denece Kesler, Department of EpidemiologyPresentation Title: Predominant Pattern of Chest Radiographs of Pneumoconiotic Opacities in New Mexico Uranium Miners

Thursday July 9- 2:45 P.M. Savannah (Van) Rivas, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. George Luger, Department of Computer Science Presentation Title: Computational and Probabilistic Perspectives on Language Acquisition


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Thursday July 9- 11:00 A.M. Sonora Rodriguez, ROP ScholarMentor: Dr. Claudia Isaac, Department of Community & Regional PlanningPresentation Title: Environmental Gentrification & Environmental Justice Principles in Planning

Friday July 9- 1:45 P.M. Briana Sais, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Carmen Samora, Department of Chicana/o StudiesPresentation Title: I’m More American than You!

Thursday July 9- 10:15 A.M. Blake Scott, ROP ScholarMentor: Dr. Gary Weissmann, Department of Earth & Planetary SciencesPresentation Title: The Kosi River!


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Thursday July 9- 11:30 A.M. Yaritza Ruiz, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Amy Neel, Department of Speech & Hearing SciencesPresentation Title:Listener Profiles for Loud and Habitual Speech in Parkinson Disease

Thursday July 10, 2015

Friday July 10- 10:05 A.M. Briana Villegas, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Veronica Plaza, Department of SpanishPresentation Title: Education as a Social Determinant of Health

Thursday July 9- 1:15 P.M. Elizabeth Torres, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Claudia Tesche, Department of PsychologyPresentation Title: Long-Term Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Conjunction with Post-Stroke Aphasia Language Therapy

Friday July 10- 10:35 A.M. Bertha Valdez, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. David Witherington, Department of PsychologyPresentation Title: How does Preschoolers’ Fear of the Dark Relate to Their Fear of Monsters?

Thursday July 9- 2:30 P.M. Pia Valdez, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Bruce Smith, Department of PsychologyPresentation Title: Character Strengths, Well-being, and Life Satisfaction


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Thursday July 10- 11:05 A.M. James Westphall, McNair ScholarMentor: Dr. Patricia Gillikin, Department of EnglishPresentation Title: Fanfiction Studies


AcknowledgmentsThank you to all of our scholars for their hard work and commitment to

serving their research and making a difference in our community. Thank you to all our attendees for taking the time to support our scholars and the

wonderful work they are doing here at the University of New Mexico. Finally, a special thanks to the staff in the office of the Science Math & Learning Center for

allowing us to use their space for this event.

Contact InformationUniversity of New Mexico

Ronald E. McNair Scholars & Research Opportunity [email protected]/ 505-277-5491

mcnair.unm.edu

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Thursday, July 9th, 2015 9:15 A.M. Introduction9:30 A.M. Onesimus Al-Amin9:45 A.M. Kristi Rendon

10:00 A.M. Franki Anaya10:15 A.M. Blake Scott10:30 A.M. Derek Kuit10:45 A.M. Mika Armenta11:00 A.M. Sonora Rodriguez11:15 A.M. Divana Olivas11:30 A.M. Yaritza Ruiz11:45 A.M. Valentina Chee

12:00 – 1:10 P.M. Lunch Break1:15 P.M. Elizabeth Torres1:30 P.M. Courtney Deisch1:45 P.M. Briana Sais2:00 P.M. Chanda Begin2:15 P.M. Antonio Macias2:30 P.M. Pia Valdez2:45 P.M. Savannah Rivas3:00 P.M. Darren Brown3:15 P.M. Abdiel Ramirez3:30 P.M. Bridget Llanes3:45 P.M. Closing of Day 1 Presentations

Friday, July 10th, 201510:00 A.M. Welcome Back Speech10:05 A.M. Briana Villegas10:20 A.M. Nathalie Daniel10:35 A.M. Bertha Valdez10:50 A.M. Robert Jones11:05 A.M. James Westphall11:20 A.M. Briana Cuestas11:35 A.M. Adriana Aramburu11:50 A.M. Nicole Baty12:05 P.M. Closing of Day 2 Presentations12:15 P.M. Lunch

2015 Mid Summer Program Agenda